Events from the year 1986 in Sweden

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Olof Palme, Ingvar Carlsson

• 3 January – Kungsörnen's mill (Saltsjöqvarn) in Stockholm burns down for a whole day.
• 28 February – Assassination of Olof Palme.^[1]
• October - Covered bridge restaurant Nyköpingsbro, southwest of Nyköping, is inaugurated.^[2]

• 15 February - Adam Lundgren, actor
• 9 February - Björn Gustafsson, comedian and actor
• 23 February - Ola Svensson, singer.
• 8 April - Carl Klingborg, bandy player.^[3]
• 9 June - Kevin Borg, Maltese-born singer.
• 13 June - Måns Zelmerlöw, singer.
• 3 July – Ola Toivonen, footballer
• 6 August – Nanna Blondell, Swedish-Ghanaian actress
• 10 August – Tibor Joza, footballer.
• 17 August – Marcus Berg, footballer
• 1 October – Filip Björk, professional ice hockey player
• 17 October – Mohombi, Congolese-Swedish singer
• 9 November – Linnea Henriksson, singer and songwriter
• 13 December – Mikael Lustig, footballer.

• 28 February – Olof Palme, Prime Minister (born 1927)^[1]
• 24 May – Gunnar Björnstrand, actor (born 1909)
• 20 November – Arne Beurling, mathematician